De amores y de amigos 《👩❤️👨》Of lovers and of friends (esp/eng) 276 th LOH contest
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Buenas noches y dulces y amorosos sueños.
Quien goza de tener un amor verdadero y amigos tiene la mitad de su vida feliz. Hoy me place reflexionar sobre las preguntas que plantea @cautiva-30.
Y voy a por las dos respuestas que yo tengo para las interrogantes.
Para mi el mejor regalo en cualquier relación es , la lealtad. El amor sin lealtad se asemeja a un jardín sin raíces que parece hermoso a la vista, pero incapaz de sostener la vida cuando cambia la estación. Quien comprende esto sabe que la lealtad no es una simple virtud adjunta al afecto, es el cimiento sobre el que se construye todo lo demás. No les hablo solo de fidelidad entendida como ausencia de traición, sino de esa presencia constante que elige quedarse incluso cuando quedarse exige un esfuerzo que decides hacer con gusto.

Quien regala lealtad está ofreciendo algo más profundo que una promesa, eso lo saben todos pues está dando su tiempo, su palabra firme, su capacidad de estar en las tormentas sin soltar la mano. En un mundo lleno de vínculos líquidos y emociones de usar y tirar, la lealtad se convierte en un acto de rebeldía silenciosa. Es la decisión cotidiana de mirar a la misma persona y encontrar en ella no solo al amante, sino al cómplice, al confidente, al refugio.
El amor que perdura es el que se sostiene en la certeza de que hay alguien al lado cuando la vida pesa. Porque los cuerpos cambian, los días se vuelven rutina y la pasión aprende nuevos lenguajes, pero la lealtad permanece como un faro en la niebla. No hay mejor regalo que esa seguridad, ese saber que en un mundo de incertidumbres, hay un amor que no negocia su presencia, que elige quedarse no por la costumbre de los años, sino por convicción. Esa es la verdadera riqueza de una relación, no lo que se da, sino lo que nunca se deja de ser para el otro.

Y nos vamos a la segunda y ahí entramos en conflicto porque pensar qué está primero, si el amor o la amistad, es como preguntar si primero está la semilla o la tierra que la recibe. En realidad, se necesitan mutuamente para dar fruto.
La amistad es un espacio limpio donde dos personas se eligen sin condiciones, donde la compañía nace del gusto genuino por compartir la existencia. No exige, no reclama, simplemente celebra. En la amistad uno muestra sus grietas sin miedo, porque sabe que no será juzgado sino comprendido.
El amor de pareja, cuando es profundo, nace precisamente de ahí, de haber visto al otro en su verdad y haber querido quedarse. No hay amor sólido que no esté construido sobre una amistad previa o descubierta después, donde las almas se reconocen cómplices. Los amantes deben ser amigos. Por eso duele tanto cuando una relación termina porque no solo se pierde al amante, se pierde también al amigo.
¿Qué amor es más grande? Aquí quizá no se trata de grandeza, sino de una naturaleza distinta. La amistad es el amor que vuela libre, que sostiene sin poseer. El amor de pareja es el que decide echar raíces y construir un hogar en el corazón del otro. Uno es el cielo abierto y el otro, la casa compartida.
Pero tal vez el amor más grande sea aquel que logra ser ambas cosas, pasión que no olvida ser amiga, amistad que no teme convertirse en ternura. Ese amor que mira al otro y dice, "tú eres mi lugar en el mundo, y también mi libertad".

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Good evening and sweet, loving dreams.
Those who are fortunate enough to have a true love and friends possess half of a happy life. Today, I find pleasure in reflecting on the questions posed by @cautiva-30. And I will go straight to the two answers I have for these questions.
For me, the best gift in any relationship is loyalty. Love without loyalty resembles a garden without roots; it looks beautiful to the eye, but it's incapable of sustaining life when the season changes. Whoever understands this knows that loyalty is not merely a virtue attached to affection; it is the foundation upon which everything else is built. I'm not only speaking of fidelity understood as the absence of betrayal, but of that constant presence that chooses to stay even when staying requires an effort you happily decide to make.

Whoever gifts loyalty is offering something deeper than a promise, everyone knows this, because they are giving their time, their firm word, their ability to be there in the storms without letting go of your hand. In a world full of liquid bonds and throwaway emotions, loyalty becomes an act of silent rebellion. It is the daily decision to look at the same person and find in them not just the lover, but the accomplice, the confidant, the refuge.
The love that endures is the one sustained by the certainty that someone is by your side when life gets heavy. Because bodies change, days become routine, and passion learns new languages, but loyalty remains like a lighthouse in the fog. There is no better gift than that security, that knowledge that in a world of uncertainties, there is a love that does not negotiate its presence, that chooses to stay not out of the habit of years, but out of conviction. That is the true wealth of a relationship, not what is given, but what one never stops being for the other.

And now we move on to the second question, and here we enter into a conflict because thinking about what comes first, love or friendship, is like asking whether the seed comes first or the soil that receives it. In reality, they need each other mutually to bear fruit.
Friendship is a clean space where two people choose each other unconditionally, where companionship is born from the genuine enjoyment of sharing existence. It doesn't demand, it doesn't claim; it simply celebrates. In friendship, one shows their cracks without fear, knowing they will not be judged but understood.
Romantic love, when it is deep, is born precisely from that, from having seen the other in their truth and having wanted to stay. There is no solid love that isn't built upon a prior or discovered friendship, where souls recognize each other as accomplices. Lovers must be friends. That's why it hurts so much when a relationship ends, because you don't just lose the lover, you lose the friend as well.
Which love is greater? Here, perhaps it's not about greatness, but about a different nature. Friendship is the love that flies free, that supports without possessing. Romantic love is the one that decides to take root and build a home in the other's heart. One is the open sky, and the other, the shared home.
But perhaps the greatest love is the one that manages to be both, passion that doesn't forget to be a friend, friendship that doesn't fear turning into tenderness. That love that looks at the other and says, "you are my place in the world, and also my freedom."


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STOPThe gift of loyalty in relationships is undoubtedly a true treasure, and your reflection on romantic love and friendship is very moving. Happy Month of Love and Friendship,
El regalo de la lealtad en las relaciones sin duda es una verdadera riqueza, así como la reflexión que nos compartes del amor romántico y de la amistad es muy emotivo, Feliz Mes del Amor y la Amistad
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An explorative essay about describing and gifting love. I especially enjoyed this turn of phrase. 💝